US4451817A - Dynamometer transducer utilizing an amorphous metal - Google Patents

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US4451817A
US4451817A US06/424,056 US42405682A US4451817A US 4451817 A US4451817 A US 4451817A US 42405682 A US42405682 A US 42405682A US 4451817 A US4451817 A US 4451817A
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    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
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    • G01L1/20—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids; by making use of electrokinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress
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    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00—Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/18—Measuring force or stress, in general using properties of piezo-resistive materials, i.e. materials of which the ohmic resistance varies according to changes in magnitude or direction of force applied to the material

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  • the present invention relates to a transducer for dynamometer and, more particularly, to strain gauges used in electrical scales to furnish a load-dependent electrical signal.
  • a transducer of this type is, for example, described in German Published Application No. 23 49 281.
  • This type of transducer is limited in some of its mechanical characteristics, for example, in the load which may be applied thereto. It is also excessively sensitive to variations in temperature, insofar as its use in electrical scales is concerned.
  • the band-shaped measuring element is made of an amorphous metal.
  • the amorphous metal which is also known as metallic glass, may, for example, have the composition of Ni x Si y B z , Ni a Si b B c Fe d or Fe x Cr y B z .
  • Such alloys permit application of a tensile load of almost 40 kg/mm 2 without exceeding the elastic limit.
  • the temperature coefficient of the modulus of elasticity and of the electrical resistance may be reduced almost to zero by suitable known additives such as Si, B, and Cr.
  • the transducer has a necked-down portion.
  • the load-dependent resistance change of the necked-down portion creates the measuring signal.
  • a mechanical pre-stressing force is applied to the measuring element, the element having two necked-down sections whose load-dependent resistance changes are to be measured.
  • the force to be measured is applied between the two necked-down portions.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram, not to scale, of a first embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is the bridge circuit corresponding to FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram, not to scale, of a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is the schematic diagram of a bridge circuit corresponding to FIG. 3.
  • the measuring element or transducer 10 shown in FIG. 1 consists of a narrow band 12 made of metallic glass. It is clamped into frame 14 at one end. Its free end has a bore 16 adapted to receive the element applying force F. Electrical connections may be made at two solder or welding points 18, 20 situated between the clamped end of the band and bore 16.
  • the actual transducer is formed by the region between soldered contacts 18 and 20.
  • band 12 is stretched and the electrical resistance R x changes.
  • This change in resistance is detected in conventional fashion by means of a bridge circuit, e.g. that shown in FIG. 2.
  • the bridge has fixed precision resistors R 1 , R 2 and R 3 .
  • Resistors R 1 and R x on the one hand and R 2 and R 3 on the other hand should be matched in pairs, such matching including the temperature coefficient of resistance.
  • band 12 typically, the dimensions of band 12 are as follows: Effective length 100 mm; width 2 mm; thickness 0.05 mm.
  • a maximum applied force of 40 kg results.
  • About 4 kg may be reliably measured within the elastic region.
  • the total resistance of the effective length of the band is 1.3 ohm, an elongation of 2 per thousand results in a resistance change of 2.6 mohm.
  • Suitable conventional measuring methods for example with alternating current, allow this resistance change to be resolved into steps of 2.6 micro-ohms, corresponding to a resolution of 1,000:1.
  • the materials for band 12 can be manufactured in a known fashion; for example, as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,298,382.
  • the shape of the transducer shown in FIG. 1 may be refined further by letting the operative portion of band 12, namely the portion between contacts 18 and 20, be narrower than the two ends. This would make it similar to one-half of the second embodiment, namely the embodiment which will be described below with reference to FIG. 3.
  • the desired shape may, for example, be punched out of the raw material.
  • Measuring element 22 again consists of a band having a length of 100 mm and a thickness of 0.05 mm. Its upper end 23 is fixedly clamped into frame 24 and elctrically isolated therefrom.
  • the band has two necked-down portions 26 and 28 each having a width of 2 mm. The two necked-down portions define the effective lengths of resistors R x , R y . Electrical contacts 30 for lines 32 are spot welded onto the band.
  • a bore 34 is provided mid-day between the two necked-down portions 26 and 28. Bore 34 receives the force transmitting element. As it was in FIG. 1., the force F is applied in a downward direction, here between the two resistance portions R x and R y .
  • the lower end 36 of measuring element 22 is connected to frame 24 by means of a pre-stressing spring 38.
  • this embodiment yields not only an improved linearity, but also an increase in the output signal. This is due to the fact that resistance portions R x and R y change in the opposite sense. Further, since temperature variations have the same effect on both resistance portions, automatic temperature compensation results.
  • the circuit of FIG. 4 shows one possible arrangement of resistance portions R x and R y and of fixed resistors R 5 and R 6 .
  • the transducer according to the present invention acts not only as a strain gauge, but also as a spring. It generates not only the measuring signal, but also the reset force. This desirable combination of both favorable spring and resistance characteristics is made possible by the use of an amorphous metal. Conventional resistance materials have less favorable spring characteristics.
  • the pre-stressing force in the second embodiment could of course be generated by an applied mass, rather than the spring.

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US4660666A (en) * 1984-08-31 1987-04-28 Robert W. Junghans Strain gauge scale for weighing fish
US5634476A (en) * 1992-03-17 1997-06-03 Fredric I. Orkin Uterine contraction sensing device and method for manufacture and use thereof
US6080939A (en) * 1998-06-12 2000-06-27 Rupprecht & Pataschnick Company, Inc. Mass determination device having counterbalanced normalized temperature coefficients
EA009973B1 (ru) * 2006-03-02 2008-04-28 Игорь Геннадьевич Королев Способ контроля несущей способности железобетонного покрытия или перекрытия
US20120067117A1 (en) * 2009-05-27 2012-03-22 Ecomembrane Srl Filling level meter for membrane gasometers
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